Winchester
CITY AND UNPARISHED AREA WITHIN THE LARGER CITY OF WINCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND
Winchester, England; Winchester, Hampshire; Brockwood Park; Brockwood; Winchester, UK; Wintoncester; WINCHESTER; Stanmore Primary School; Vénta Belgā́rum; History of Winchester
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¦ noun
1. (also Winchester rifle) trademark a breech-loading side-action repeating rifle.
2. (also Winchester disk or drive) Computing a disk drive in a sealed unit containing a high-capacity hard disk and the read-write heads.
Origin
sense 1 named after the American rifle manufacturer Oliver F. Winchester; sense 2 so named because its original numerical designation corresponded to the calibre of the rifle.